The S&P 500 tracks the market capitalization of the roughly 500 companies included in the index, measuring the value of the stock of those companies. Market cap is calculated by multiplying the number of stock shares a company has outstanding by its current stock price. So, if a company has...
The S&P 500 is a weighted indexThe S&P 500 is an index that’s weighted according to the size of the companies in the index. The larger the company, the more heft it carries. The weightings rely on each firm’s market capitalization— the total value of its outstanding shares. A ...
Joshua Brown
The S&P 500 is considered to be a good benchmark for the general health of the U.S. stock market. The index measures the stocks of 500 of the largest publicly traded, or large-cap, U.S. companies ranging from Microsoft to Facebook. If you want to school yourself on the stock market...
According to McGraw Hill Financial,“the index value is the quotient of the total float-adjusted market capitalization of the index’s constituents and its divisor.” The S&P 500 is a member of the S&P Global 1200 family of indices.
S&P 500's record run is in jeopardy — plus, what Micron could signal about chip demand Every weekday, the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer releases the Homestretch — an actionable afternoon update, just in time for the last hour of trading on Wall Street....
The stock market has been surging over the last couple of years, and we are entering the third year of the current bull market. As of this writing, theS&P 500(SNPINDEX: ^GSPC)has surged by more than 65% since it bottomed out in October 2022, and theNasdaq(NASDAQINDEX...
S&P 500 Index Construction The S&P uses onlyfree-floatingshares, the shares that the public can trade, when calculating market cap. The S&P adjusts each company's market cap to compensate for new share issues or company mergers. The value of the index is calculated by totaling the adjusted ...
The S&P 500's performance is all over the map in the 12 months following previous presidential elections. The lesson for investors: don't do much.
The January 2025 CPI report will likely show some inflation, but not enough to alarm the Federal Reserve. Read more to see my thoughts on the report.